_ ~ .
gruE firfotakke-ran 0010SICAIMA?
'Two' the night after Christreas,, when all
through the house
.• • • ' ..) % . ,
Evoty,iol ll was abed, and still as a mouse,
Those sliungs so late St. liieholas'sxaro, , ,
were ern tled•of all that was eatable there:. '
The Dar ings had duly been tucked in their
beds--
With very„ full stomachs,andpalusht their heads.
I was dozing away in my now cotton cap,
And Nangrwris rather,fat,gons Itr,s,ll - p,'. ~.
'When out in the nursery arose such a clatter,
I sprang from nay ,sleep,eqing,--.".What Is the
matter?
3 flew to each bedside 2 ---itill halt' in 'A daze,
Toro open .the curtains, and direly off the
clothdi, ' ' ' '':' ''- ''.
While,the light of the taper 'served clearly to
hgVl
The piteous Plight of those ohjects'beloiv,
For what to the fond father's eyes should appear,
33ut the little pale face of each sick little dear, 11 .1.
For each pet that had crammed itself fall aka.
tick, ." - '
3 knew moment in a mo now felt like old Nlck.
~
..-_''
Their werel34lBo6 - rapid, their „ broathiaga `the
aamC i ,:'; 4 . , , ..• , % in f t ; ,ll • .
What” "th nam lll; q'tbnimchs rejected yll Ipeiitiou ~by
Now Turkey, now Stufliiig, , ,Pitit(t Padding of
- bl
course,
And ejavadsl ant Crullerav alg and Cranberry aticneeit
BeforCoittligiuhttatirre;lvtent to the tatilll; l ‘. l . t.
Yes—LollYpc:ll4....Flapdoodle,Dblm?r and a11. 1, -.„.
like pellets, which Itiehhii 'trod isol)-htlib let
fly, 1 '.: - - ,-., ;, ' I . ;.: •• .".'-0...r. -04 q.
L . • ' ~
:went tlge;innit andralaCitAlielly-and pie,'
'l3l l eachicrPr 1 4; 4 4 1 Pt...V•Abttr.P4; t i nV , P.leWic
,I'o the thaw
:a . tswinmit andnta: " us too: , o
,1 , -'i ~; ,7•41t1,,, (1, ~,,!,!.., 1 % , .a
I stepped Mihai l ' tit
ack k'il ; ifi : ldglit, fi tti' ' iti,'Sedlrtit:4,
:h - • - - -.. -_- _
And bti, ht out a phial, parked "Poly. Ipicac."
at
Virlum. ' N4:001a3 ,, ed.—K4f,their'.eitgtrlngs T ,
ff o lf, ed her,
DonTY•fitt think you had better, love, -
ran for
410, 0 0or?t,
I ran.44fitl la 'dav ah saieelY back T6i6r; iris roof, '. l
When I heard the sharp clatter of old Jalap's
hoof,
1 might say ~that I hardly had turned myself
round,':"
.i t'. '.. <_,•• ..t. . '•-• ..-,1„ -- 1. 4 ).
When the Doctor came Into + the room with a
bound,
Be was covered with mud from his head ,to his
foot, * .
And the snit }hilted On 'Nat?. ids 'verb' worst suit ;
Belted hardly had time to put that on his back,
And he lodkedlike' a Irelattrtr half , raddled 'with
sack. _ _
His dyes; how they twinkled! Had the Doctor
got,merry? • ~
His *ears looked like' Port an& his breath smelt
of:Sherry,
Be h 4 't been shaved for a.fortnight or so, ,
And' '3e(ti4l Wastet - - - -whitd as - the
snow.
But insPecting their tongneS In' despite of their
teeth, ,
And drawing los watch 'fie& his waitteoat be
neath— ~,
Be felt iof tin pnlst3i,—sayingL="eaeh little belly
Bust get rid".'—here he laughed—"of the rest Of
tharjelly:"
I gared'otcedeh elitibby, plump, • siek elf,'
.find groaned when ho said so,—lit Spite or
fl
self;•
But
_ r Orthit;OrVie: eye whetahe Physicketcour
FI
soon gave me toicninis'i U c ciadrur to dread.
He didn't prespribe--butiyent.:straightlyay to
work,
And dpsed all the rest—gave, his , trowieiia lorF,
And addinriiireetionstwhile blowing . Iriose-- 1
He buttoned his coat: —front - kW:Mak he arose,
Then igtriPild Mills gig—gave old ~Julep - a - whis-
Andr dtusheilli,eas ,prieked by, , thistle,
But WAPetor exclaimed pre he drove out of
They- .be well by tomorrow -- good ' night!
Jones-good night!
g g . • •
L ONE ' I STUONGER ULAN DEATH.,
By . .O.II3CER.
. . .
"Christmas comes but once a year." And
once a year the old hall is filled from base
menulgatret:: ,9nceillrelik, old' e i dow are
wipe d out, . old
,woimds healed, brothers
become boys - :itgaUf f : 'and.:' thit battle
of life, with all its ;inevitable shortcomings,
is forgotten. The hearth round which
we clustered at a mother's knee, Is an altar
upon which every, worldly T mistake is ;mai-
Seed; andVWelnies some: dear' tadefrom ,
the gathering:we-feel that, even on earth, we'
have , , 41,forquiste of the eternal-home rto,i
• *hi, , ?we ire, 'hastening:. ' , -SCejitliff thittordarQ
by year, the old house:stretches, ite Aides; and
the clupth round which Obiibiefather's Bleep
finds* kneeling even to the.,third and fourth ``;
generation., Bu t , though„ we . miss ._ a
face sometimes, - we -2-also' often ''' *el-
come a pew one. And at the Christmas . ,
time ofivititU I am Piing to write, a brother, ,
after years of exile, had come hack
to us, bringing -with himifilionly Child. i-' bap
was a fair-Spaniard? aud the prettiest girll.-1
ever emir.; her !uncomic:in beatityvfor she'ltralf
utterly tudikeenT of our girb4-andler quaint
ways, took our hearts by storm at once, and
completely subdued that of• Mark Amberly.
Now, though Markcwas not, strictly speak-,
ing, a relation,lis was a sister's steptsoWand'
admiped; first tor her .-Bake;,,was. speedilY
,1
lovthr his own. A soldier, and 'the spa of
a sola,WoXatk had won honors 4vh.Mh, in,;
our oitVes fit:fie-world county, established hit&
a hemit,eititt N igid I verily,itelleve the , ,,dean
hate lad was ha ashamed of his V. C., so deep
and eariAt Watiltlte.: wctship with We '
favored It. •
MilikW aSslOrtils lua'aitile;sowi3altlial
how, it would,be,, an the love -making gavea
new ithaitti taithe eillfgta Christmas-eve
came; the church , had. been ,d cotated, the
"gainers" Ainsted,) I the'.. .0 tree' dis.l
mantled, andtlred :of dancing. "Sir Roger,"
we were ail 'grontied : about in the dining
-10041, waiting ler midn*ht,, when, accord
ing to tetold (instant; lint "d6virs kuell" was
tolledattiurchurch,end the Squire diVenkd
cakes and i mulled ale to all those , ,,whec ~ •
to wish I¢m , d Mal iv... Merrt' 0 , • •
My , er-1 0i 0 upon the hearth, WaiC.
tiffs - fie
time - keeper Was -;'
into lliticket,Und be 'crossed the-throittnl
,
There wastraig,enbralltuth., , . ;I;ingblngi Weal
pew graveil - Lips quivered quivere d' r 41110 d,
for in theellenetrtieino,WOlte)ill. -1 0.10`,, , ,Mt'
ti!6l'iiiii ) lmarol4 o .".#4lll44 l ili: , iiipaett
& some weeping,: un :i it (.4wasiliird
to ow whether old Christmas , Wfailttinie
for maithli a d j uin. ? ~, . ? .1i ' „.,.. ..: a,) .
I' P
"Oholgt t hug! clang !" tame' the bail, And;
a linndtt* Voices smote the frosty ''air, d ,rugs :
ing theold-carol
"God net vou merry, gentlemen, let nothing
you dismay;
Stimetehelf; Christ our Saviour was born 'on'
Christmas day." ,
The children crowded to the bay window,
and turning another. I found i A already i
occupied; Mark' and Ina itocid.there; 'he *as
whispering in her ear, and . half. hid by ',a
abawl. I saw his arm - around her. ) '` '
As I sa t _ by my bed-room lire 44r i hour
after, a lig,ht tap at the door woke me from
'my dream,ing. Ina came in, her long hair
floating in golden ripples over a bine; ;dres
wn.
s y Icome -and wane myself,- Aunty?"
she ssitil; "the the has gone out' in mrsommt*
end L A toi! . §o.,ookt'''... Rho gava : a pretty little-
Rafter, as if to verily the assertion, though
the warm edt
SiSelate , 'Jniesskititbielatbii Con;
trona* ' ~ 1440. 11 Z ,
- Fv& Thlatl:doW4 AM oitsdr handauPunglef ~
et* rrefonitlY she Y said t but
wiauvity .wainF rouogfrod tote .ear.
herly,4tY.',l I . acquleseed, and she Went
on -4180 do I, and , lan't it funny? he Bays' he
Theo.likes ~gadr
„ony she was kneeling by ' me,
p a da cloud of hair, and amidst a
Itig im or - - I was listening to her
1 1 4it ' 7 .I had asked her to be his,
Apfils, _ lovi- :.. i • I first nettled it all with
hisi thther and Aluit he 'Was to go 'to
Judi itAlthelget UP ; promotion , when he
Wed sive the'aidigo and Marry her.
Nest day the party broke up. Some to
SAW on bona to revolve guests, some to
THIITAIiff 'EVENING 11)tIttmg.-primAppirmA, OATuRDAY, ntoFamDEit 21; , 18'67. -Titlitt SitgiSt
jolt'othlepaiiles' a t
February; and during the yea , although I
'heard constantly . °Pao front Ina;
p 3 ag l ,! t her. So ~ t hat am
that , when Christmas ,ce
saw , !her) af.l:thet was'
struck with an alteration; what I could
haPily tell. She hadrlgroWn handsomer.
Every one saw and Bald that,. and
'tf, no one :r hinted. at changes.
ot from the moment she, T . came
up. to me, and looked. at :Me With, ..14r great
grey wistful eyes, my' heart chilled, and a
tear I could not define 'came over me. Nor
was my-anxiety lesSnned Wben,,as we were
talking Of Mark, Ina began to cry passion
atoly, and rushed out of the room. There
was something wrong,f and, Missing her that
evening from die diawing-room, I went to
lodk for her. . Opening' the Morning-room
dobr, I saw Ina. She was sitting at the win
doW, but luit•SlOne; a an Wits beside her.
There was no light save that of the moon, so
I did nntrrecognize himc,noedid I tarry to
e t
makhe attempt; to tell the truth; I was in
dignant with hens and, closing the door with a
hang, I - M axched off the drawitig4poni. rep-,
pie were Seated here, l thetS x 'and,olCrYwherOp
so conld , ritit Make tint who 4t was that Was
with Ina,Ahough I tried+hard that night and
the next day to discover'who allot made my,
pet so miserable. We were all busy that day,
In as hard"at , *mit as` ink of ''he;' but when
midnight came, with its bell-ringing and
carol ishiging, missed her, and. with aTeel. ,
ing r Vonld neither Withstand nor explain, I
w tto the little room. There she was.
Th s time the window Was open, and the
rn , for he was thereto°, •wasiatanding by
'_.he , his arm aroundher. Ilieard her mur
m something in a sobbing voice,
obi ; saw her lift her hands, above her
andwring theft.. I lthebi, traitor s she
h
w I could play the eavesdropper no
loier; but hurried awaY,' end when I got to
m bedroom a little later I sat down and
crud: of cantle" it, Was foolisie Whaehall I,
an old maiden aunt, 'to do witlr-thelPeriiired
faith of a heartless girl, or the broken heart
of a too-easily dop ed lover? ,As T sat there
beff3re the `dying fire; with the Wait still 'wet
upon my face, I became conscious of a sound
resembling waves breaking; klistened; the
waves', beat grewilouder. I could hear them
distinctly, and so too could I hear the wind
and storns howling louder ;. , 'and i
' louder; it,
r el ? sth° 2 ldbwEoflY'°o a 'li ltever room If.lshtddereastl
blast passed over me; I felt the cold spray
dashing in my face, and grasped , the chair as I
tried to shriek, to cover my ears, and hide my,
eyes in the pillow, but in vain. , I had' no
chdice but to look upon the stormy sea where
a ship lay tossing helplessly. I saw the spars
washed overboard.: saw saw .men' struggling in
the pitiless waves: the faces and streaming
hair of women, and once the white face or a
little child. Then the darkness became so
intense Shot only when the lightning Sashed
cool I distinguish thee' wreck, although the
thunder of the tempest was curdling my
blood. Suddenly the 'Winds' and waters
ceased their war, and there came a calm 80
dee that I beak 'every throb of my heart;
an P
as I sat wondering what.was coming, a
gentle wind rustled naat me, a hand touched,
my, face and Mark Atiaberly's voice cried,
"Cbmfort Ina."
tf '
After that I' seemed o faint, or when I
recovered•canariouaness the fire and candles
were out, arid the dull grey morning was '
Shining into the room.: Gradually I be
gan to collect my thoughts, and as I un
oreSsed myself and crept, into bed, a feeling
of 'horror settled down upon me. I had
never been a believer in the - supernatural,
and now tried hard to convince myself that
I had 'ben downing. 11 YIP determined' to
treat it as a dream, and, laughing at my folly,
persistently kept' downtimy tbars,leaving
next day, without saying a word to Ina. Oar
~ pirting was a ,cold , one, for, m,y heart was ,
full, and T knew that the 'slightest demon?
stration on, my part would+overturti my+ pelf
control, and give my..sensible. resolutions to
the, winds, &.c. W ith ~ a, cold e hissand mut
tered "you'll write, of course"--WO parted.
A fortnight sitcr l i saw, NtirwolPP:ra
the
in i the ad et and '.the followin , oat
brought me a letter from Ina. " Mar k," she
said, "had left India, coming home round
the Cape to shake off the effects of a slight
attack of fever." ~- , 1" i (
-+.The letter fell' , from my 'hand:- •• I sate IV
now—and the cold drops stood upon mg ßehead as I seemed again' to hear tie Sid
voice crying "Conifort, qiii."' "Mark to'
drowno: if sane 14toterixiyiftiOeer Iliad;
seen the w reck ; and. : leiv; , stronger ' than
death; had brought the dying Irian with his
message °hove. Isis last thought had been
of Ina; and Ina, what of her?, ,What would
she feel when she Imew that at the very time
she was false to him, Mark was in the jaws
of death—and such a death! .
I was wretched. 1 could not write. I
dare not see her. ,I, went away by myself
where none of my people ,could
get at me, and compel me to tell
Ow I felt I must) my terrible
secret. Wesks passed ? , li;g lB wL ill) f yiith
'anxiety, and ' at' hutt went •to 'London
to consult the Shipping-in;ents,hopiitg against
hope. They told me the ship 'was
due at the end of the month, but that
there having been rough weather she might be
delayed. • So, leaving orders to telegraph the
""fftst intelligenceb I went back to the i village
k„.wperel tairpitened no tent.' '' - - f - '
"A month ovordvienow l iand people at the
I office getting anxious ; " so wrote My shag,
l'and I put her letter awbralid QM wiltejl: .
"Two monthlecir • dtio; an! ,111: 00 thing; '
Ina is in a strange way, and ke eps talking of
you. Ma :she come--?" , So wrote m
brother, Ino filther t , and before I co uld
answer yeti or no, lim 'came. She red
into my room' one- afternonni just' at sunset,
and stood beforemef *Ming, 1;„ "i ,
4 WhiithaShappisnod, Aunty? Why 1r).11,
1 ;inn not tell' rile; ` he haecrome twice' nd bid
me ' l to to you for comfort. What is it ?",
' oor child," I said, "how can I know ?"
Then why did he tell me to come? Why,
100 Mane as you did at the Hall,nearlY driv
!Pl tog " ' ? fl t
' 4 l 1 I err a n d was Meiteneafror fie alpians
,lip
m her knees with a cry like a mad wo
rm ,and then fell sighing and shivering • upon
Aike mind, th, , T , , t ~,..,
t was Mark, Aunty. I felt him near me,
an ypu 0111 X B&W, him. I was sure something
had ba*eziesl;tflinmgli I neyer dareia,y seintul l
-lie alwaytilold Mk to come to you for 'Com
fort.'
Lying in my,srip Ina listened my *err
f aini of the story b the wreck, which time,
alas, p v TIA cmly tOCAMIN tor whea l , a year
had i ' 13kVisatitir WOW' to the agents - find'
reported himself as the sole survivor of the
Halherd's crew. ~,Thelgigni t lokt, wrecked ) her
hadlcome on upon the morning of the twenty-.
seednd-of Deeemberountilie-foundered at
midnight upor'ehristmaitsM.);"' I'
_ ___
csoms...pimln
~. .1 The doadied of ha mud 'shoo
with evergreens at Christmas, springs from a
period far anterior to the reVention of Chris
tianity, and seems proximately to be derived
from tits_olPpy,prevrti., IV durinr e Vrfflutsr-'
'Rail or thilnb,abitanti of Rome ornament;
ingtheir temples and dwellings with ilt rOen
bdu he. Fromg4aAattik.., p
. kodOutiM t we
'find several early ecOldslastical comae pro
hibiting the mem us bers of the church to imitate ,
t tu e tt, rati s t/gitt=lltal i t
likei others of a similar origin, introduced
into', and' incorporaW, gikthefierj4oples of
the { church imelt • The sanction oT our -1
Saviour*. : '_g,, 10.1C1),Pad': ; qui' 1
practi&t , , 11,1 , • , I . : , h Mani , irei , .' 01 - !, hi ,
triumpliPenidsthe • , , uts ertheeptbplilrithtV I
strewed palm branches in his way.
It is evident that the use of flowers and
Ween bough* us a mews. of decoration, is •
, , ~ .
silliest Mstinotiyoin human nottureW and :We
. ac oidingly find scarcely any nation,civilized
er savage, with hich : ,it, ims not Aitcome
miird,or, leas ; f,ainfl -w iAr. The Jews .010•Pleyed
It in their_Feast; Of Tabernaplesolti,the month
oflSepteniber; the ancient .prulds and, tither
Celtic nationshung: up the_ Mistletoe and
green branches of , different , 4insha ever their
doersirto, propitiatePl wee,iihmd : apritea;land
a similar usage pilivaned„ae We, have Seen, in
Roine.:*,,ln short, the:feeling ' thugso'nniver
sally,exhibitekis one of natural !elig,i,on, and
therefere • not 'to be traced mrelhinvely,to any
partictilar creed or form of worshlp o ,.
, v ,
The favorite 'plants for ehureb, decOration
at Christmasl favorite
are: Aoily z , bay, ..roSiioa7 and
lantel. ::_tills, rather objectionable,, from its
associations, having anciently tise,ei, sacred to
Babeliiiii,. and employed largely4he orgies
celebrated - in honor or the good, wine. Cy
priiss, We afeinfornied, has beeXi„semetimes
used,hnt kits funereal relations t render,it rather
' out oflate at a festive:seagon like Christmas.
tit, In dis ' olsclildeci—the pays
ii- tic 1 m tletok, which,, from ! pits
,' antecejlents,
would e, regarded as About .as inappropriate
le eelterior Of a'chiireh;,a‘the celebration
i
' of the, la l EtrilidiciiVrites within , illie. sacred
bugdlng.' 4,solitary'e4ceptiOn; tO this nni
versa' eXeltishin, is memtluneX,hy Dr.;lo3tulce
leyi Wbhdakii,that it was one tftne customary
to calla bratich of mistletoe, in preeession
to the 'high-Altar of lirdik .Cgtliedr4t4 'and
thereafter proclaim it,general l indulgence and
pardon'of sins At the' gates, ,of the city. ; We
cannot help suspecting that WA InStance'rer
corded•by„fotukeley k ia to be reprred .to one
of the ,htlritPles ,on the ,services; Of the
ch 11;`100p , under the' lenderihip, bf ' the
Bo -bish6P,Ut t ilat' Lord Of 'Misrule; formed
so n i t
favorite a Christmes,pastime of , ,ho.lippu
lack., in bygime t tirees. ' '', ' _ ~.‘,, ,' .
4 quaint old writer thWeri 3 ,o4l4ol4l l o the
prahtice of Christmas decorations, i'ftliO our
chttrches and houses decked, , witiribayss and
rosemary, holly and , ivy, , and - otter) plants
which are always greed; winterhititlisuirittier,
signify and put us in miliff,tififitillkity t 'that
' theichild that now wed' born', 4,:, ped and
• Mini, who should spring ,- 110 like 'a tender,
plant, should always , hepgreeit arallourish
mg and live for evermore." Festive: carols,
we i are informed, used to , bellehanted at
Christmas in praise of the everkreens,le& ex
tceriively used at that season. to following
is &specimen: . , ,
, HOLLY., ,
Here comes holly that is so gmt,
To please all men Is his intent.
Alleltdold
Whosoever against holly do, cry.
- In a rope shall be liungfull 14Igh.
Alleinjahl
Whosoever =Lanai hnliy d 9 sing,
He may weep and his hfinds wring,
Ivy Is soft and meek Orappgch,
Against all bale she is Idles,
Well is he that may her reach.'
.
Ivy is green, with colors bright,
Of all trees best she is, , •
And that I prove will now be right.
; Ivy bearethberrlea,hlack, . ,
God grant'na all his bliss, ; _
For there be , nothing lack.
, , _ • .,
The decorations remain in th e, churches
froth Christmas till the end of January, but
in accordance with the eoclesiaitical , canons,
they must all be cleared'away before th,e 2d
of February or ~ Carialeirmslia.f. The same
holds good as a custom with;,. regard 'to pri
vate
dwellings, superstitio n In both cases ren
dering it a fatal presage,•if any of these sylvan
ern ents are retained beyond the. period
jusindleated. , , Eterriok thus alludes to the
popular prejudice :' ~.
"Danru wit the rosemarir, and so',
Down with ' the bayes and mistletoe; .
Down With the holly, ivy all
Wherewith ye drest the Christmas hall;
No
so, the. superstitions find,
Ivo one least branch there left behind;
DoT look how many. loves there he
INPSe;ed MO nonaids trust Co lam,
Ad ai d , . goblins you shall . See; .• ' `
Alub` y` - foinis ifs that in several Paha of
Oxfbidsidie,' it *an the . custom' for ' the' inaid
serVant iii asle thd man for
,ivy . tO dCcointe the
hou,tie'aiid if he' iernsed (if. negleeted to' fetch
a iy
in ' s upply, the - Maids ° stole a pair of his
bre ch'es, and'nallkd . thein uP to the, gate - in -
the aid of ilifghiivey'. A Similar usage pre
irailed'iif otlier places, when the refusal to
comply' with such a 'reduest incurred the
penalty of , being „debarred from the well
knOwn ,Prifileges of the mistletoe.
lin vitiristinras Pave — Mince Pies.
tn-Vies Were popular under the name of
"m tton-ples,'l , so early as 1596, later autho
rities all agreeing. in substituting neats-tongue
in the place, of mutton, the remaining! ince
dierits being" much AO same as those
mended:recom
n modern, recipes.. They were also
known wi,shrediand Christmas-pies: , ,
"Without the dook let sorrow lie,
And 1t foreohlit lisp to die, ,i I , ,
We'll..4gry it in a Christmas; pie, ;
I, i , f;i9.xid evermore , be merryi".
In Pildrick's titne f it was custopiary,to seta
watch upon: the, plcs, on the? night, before .
Christmas, lest sweet-toothed thieves should
lay felon ons fingeraoktimm; the jovial vicar
sin
"Come guard tbe ChriStmas-ple
That the thief,. though ne'er so sly,
With his `flesh-hooks don't come nigh,
i ' - To eateh , lt, ' •
Trom kith, who all alone sits there;
Having his,elks itill , in his ear,
And a deal of nightly fear, •-
Tcklifi te k i t 4 '
BO* tells us mince-Olel) , Wei'e baked . in . a
coffin-shaped druSt, intended to re_p_rewt,the
cratch or manger In, which the HP l 3r Cbg.4.
wasl.l4,,but we, are inclined ,to 'doubt mi ..
stater t, as we land c our old ' 4nglishcook -'
ery-bow always style the crust a pie "the ,
Wh..0144404 ask e d:Dr. inn . on what day,
It was p roper .to commence : eating. ince
(r3ii
Pi /. 1 0:anoWel , . , "-Ilogin (4,0- gaPientia ,
(De bec 16th ;,but please ,to say ,Obristi
E ni po, not cielitez mince-Pie : is -,;Purl - ,
tent 1 1 . , The ' Aoctor , was wrong, Ist least,
on east Of tile Poi Rants, if not Otilkpth.
The Christmas festival; it is maintained by,
ecl y
maxi oloetiAmt commence before Phrbjtmaa,
.PYo Mil thelol9e-kte wiOßTfia Wclretimi
!AulY 9 .1 ; s Praise-God ButhoPPo.944 Ns sitlndt ,- .
la 13mthene for Ben Jenson persoiiina it
und r . Ontmapari in his l Arctsvp pf ,G 1
m , L VOV Oppgb, Ike name 0 , c , t
masiio,l64,olmo4ooo to paritacalears, ,I
te_enjoyMg of,the, dainty lim itat ;that
...
A I
as, u-00,191.4 _
r,(Beason 'INytY! Cffez*Ve.. to Pnritsn
1 "All pinMs 04 ProPikat'soone (Vann
. 1 An iee r brodukare Mo‘hot;
,if
Treaaw m ina Alpl-ixtbor , olo t ,
' AII4 4baPi‘M4PM the Ptl•
or , ,lipstio*Nxix s *4l0 1 v :, k, ,
t Fk
, " '9 , h4 ' .'ixtto . .1 3 1. 0 0 1 ) 31 4kinit
' T V ir ts i tls . 74' i' ,* .ii irfriaasi g.:. in
W ;its '..n bikit'Vaddini4 : '
Pl ral hro iiiiiiloopillik )!Ind mince-ple:-.: ‘ . ,
0 bathyal!' fat ittolatryitd inl 1 ,i , ,
In aftet-iV,Quaketa took lip ,
prejudita likid4oßMOttruirlininif'fWko '
tho litilitaii e t taftWM , - " qr e d 1 " • ii fiC
enjo • ,:the 9 dkilfoilOYkii" ' 6 # o o iilg' ' ? liolw '
fo i the following !din. .. .be frernillok-ii
erst ffe : • "ThirChrlititaCtile is, in ihi lift"'
sat . ~ a kind of ookle4rnted"dake, and a
bad: ocOrdlstinetlOnt Ad Wet ,it i LI oftsifor ,
bid 1 1 ;;V: 0 . -vprour ; fi .(11/1. tr. ~.t§yrj*:‘
that C - 1 ' , mOr '. • • Wnot :ttr,' hou
~,‘ , 9,r
rai l - -11- M t. fIY Sl°
4 11 '6645 *
:i'at'qui 61ti
e
A l kito •.: I ; .. ,0 7 .. 't,uk°with phuni
and a ; it' tr . ,:'i I i • . "Mr. si?.dTer-
Booth meat for his master.'
Mortify's& as Lord hisoutsoy's pm
plum-pudding failure may have been to the
diplomatist, he might have consoled himself
byi remembering that plum-porridge was the
progenitor of the pride and -glory of an
English Christmas. In old times, plum
pottage was ~.always served with the first
course of a-,Christmas dinner. It was. made;
by beef or mutton with broth, thick-
ened "with bro • wn bread;. when half-boiled,
raisins, currants, prunes, cloves, mace and
ginger were added, and when the mess had
been thoroughly boiled, it was sent to table
with the best meats. Sir Boger de Coverley
thdught . there was some hope of a dissenter,
when he saw, him enjoy his porridge at the
hall on Christmas day. flum-broth figures
in Poor Robin's Almanac for 1750; among
the items of Christmas fare, and Mrs. Frazer,
"sole teacher of, the art of cookery in Edin
burgh, and .several years' colleague, and
aft • erwards successor to Mrs. M'lver," who
published a cookery-book in t 791, thought it
necessary to include plum-pottage among
her soups. Brand partook ot a tureenful of
"lnscious plum-porridge" at the table of.
the royal chaplain in 1801, but that is the
latest appearance of this once indispensable
_dish of which we have any record.
As to ph/in-pudding, we are thorotighly at
fault. Babisha gives a recipe in his - Whole
Body of Cookery Dissected (1675), fo ra
pudding to be boiled in a basin, which bears
a great resemblance to our modern Christmas
favorite, but does not include it in , his bills
of fare for winter although "a dish of stewed _
brOth, If at Christthas,".figures therein.; It
sliared Vonore with the porridge in Addison's
time, however,' for the Tatter tells us: "No
Man of the most rigid.rtue gives offence by
an excess In pliim-pudding or plum: porridge,
because • they
,are the first parts of the dinner;"
but the . Mrs. Frazer above-mentioned is , the
earliest culinav authority we find describing
its concoction, at least under the name of
"plumb-pudding."
While Cbristroas, as far as eating was eon
certed,:alWayti boa, its:specialties, its liquor
carte was uMmitcd. A carolist of, the thir
teenth century sings (we follow Douce's lite
ral translation):
.
"Lordlings, Christmas loves good drinking,
Wines of Gascolgne, France, Anjou,
English ale that drives . out thinking,
Prince of ilqudra, old or new.
Every neighbor shares the boar!,
Drinks of the spicy liquor deep;
Drinks his'ill without control, - •
Till he drowns his care in sleep:'
And to attain that end every exhilarating
liquor was pressed into service by our an
cestors.
NEW PIIBLICATIONI%
By far more popular, much more,
Thin any Book or Picture Store,
Established in this good City before,
IS PITCHER'S,
SOS Chestnut Street,' SOB
Where latest FASHION MAGAZINE
And last new NOVEL can be seen.
Where all BOOK BUYERS. can procure
The STANDARD WORKS in Literature.
Of STEREOSCOPES and STEREO-VIEWS.
TEN THOUSAND kinds from which to cheoge.
Of PRANG'S fine CHROMOSJarge and small,
We have the LARGEST STOCK of all.
From MAGDALENA and the KID'S PLAYGROUND,
To School• Room Cards, can there be found, '
All in FINE FRAMES of WALNUT or GOLD. .
At LOWER PRICES than they ever were sold.
And Where in order to provide.
For NEW YEAR DAY and CHRISTMAS TIDE,
The Chelcest GIFT BOOKS will appear,
At this festive season of the year.
At PRIORS REDUCED to ouch a point
That all conupetiters are out of joint. ,
Of DiehensWOrorks, in great demand,
A Stockli . alOrays kept on hand, •
In paper and cleft, or in half calf,
There is nothing ilLke Dickens to mahe
youlatigh. • .` • •
. r
Books sent by MAlN (when S'o deelied)
To any distance that% required,
If all , a PREPAID.
For mending any parcel out,
(The {,TTY limits or about,/
• NO MARGE Is trader:
New catalogues ORA'IIB, on . application.
Or sent by MAIL allover the NATION,
Bit PIT4t3HE.It, 80E3.
del9-fitroS
. ,
fiIELE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BOOK
SOCIETY, • •
1224 CHESTNUT. ,
ST. PHILADELPHIA,
Have just received a large variety, of
ENGLISH jPICTORE •ILSWARD lICASDS,
TICKETS AND JIZEWABD BOOKS,
• 7.2( PAOKITO,
Published by the '
RELIGIOUS T SOCIETY,
ANDOTNER HOUSES LN LONDON.
' NEW CAR "lEVI'VEIA.I3' CAROLS
r • Alga
pxoruitt roitilme YOUNG.
A large and complOte aiikortment 6f
• BIBLES AND g*. II ANKR•SIPP.
From the Sunday - School edition to lnaet Preeelltaticui
I ° i° ' THE pRANERAIODE,
being a epetialti with Olt. SoGety, ,they have Id their
Depository
THE LABGEST VARIETY OF S nrixs AND SIZES
to.be found in any Store or Church Book Society in this
or any other city,_ and they offer them'at
THE LOWEST FAXES.
ALL THE NEWi t tpAlAY:e.:
_SCHOOL GIFT AND
WOES.
'The SocietYliave recOal issued '
CATALOGUE OP SU DAY SCHOOL BOORS.
which_mAy be had on application or braddresslng__
Nor I E TSMPIRI N TTirirgPR P EVP' , B gl ° l i M i l r :P T lTl A.
P. ci:—A liberal discount allowed toiiler . ran. Sundai
Schools end Teachers purchasing for
cis.
del9-4tro) , ,
DREKA.
FRENCH NOTE PAPERS
Oar beet 6 exdres. with .enveloese, $2 CC
• FINE INI6STANDS. .
Bronze, Gilt. Oxidized. Wood. dta
POCKET & CARD. CANES.
Emelt", Mokocoo. Calf: Ivory. Fear). BheU. &c.
PORT, FOLIOS.
From the Finertta the cheapest,
WRITING DESKS
of French and Americatz,mako,
DOLS PENS & FINE HOLDERS
Of Ivott, rear!. Allantiatun. Wood. ism
iKralvese Packet 'Entree, Beale, Wisx. Miring
Cl 7 kluge assor tment. ,
importedsoar have bees carefolliz eelee4d by
Lou 8 aruna.a. a hit recent visit in /mope.
INEDIpINR & ,
IIIIY~Tt►TIONS
A Specialty.
Il Ohigit/ 1 0 nelidnek'Divated and Illuminata ixt
Euro style.
LOUIS DREIC.A.;,
_ „
Stationer and Card Engraver,
,
/048, Cheatnr e tt strot;
dem-artt • ' • '
lURDING'S EDITIONS'
Family, Pulpit' and P4tomph
[E,S,II'
B°pp
• t o. . I Od.!
Preis, ,and will nape
ford Ididad; mativitit4loaf ii:4o tic
1 1.00
1
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)
ra c .
NEW AolkaYgillt it11,1431V"
- rht / W.11 1 11411-1)/tial
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No. 328 Chestnut Shred, Philadelpida,
01.i4tn4
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THE i LARGEST ~ AND ' ; BEST' , ;S TO OK' OF '.
, 1
..
VINE' ,OL D. '. It Y E WHI • S II I Ril
. _
. , .
. , ' , ts: THE LAND
'IS NOW POSSESSED- BY
gEt ißy, ~.,s. , HANN is &00
218,.a.na goo sovrru , ,Fixtoisir ' switmoomOt
•
Who offer' the some TO .T 344.. TRAM!, in Lots, on very odivontnglingo
. Tornix.
Tbelratbelt of yo,lnthilties. IN nom), Comprises au um tavent• bnuidli on
taut, and rum tarough the tribrOll,llaOlitits or 16611066. and of yaw. la 44
present date. .
Liberal contracts made for lotto to airstrip at rotuttpiostwia sum. Depot, Enloe
son tine Wheal, or at Bonded Vlrarehonose, as warms. may oleo. ~ , . , ,
S. W. Cor. Fifth Cherry Sts., Philadelphia.
PRESENTS ! Christmas and New Year's PRESENTS'!
Fifth & Cherry Sts. . WE WILSON dr SON; ' Fifth Cherry Ste.
&
,
r Se ts , Pit o h ers,
Silver Ware, Tea and ' Dinn e r Goblets, Trays, Fish Knives *
._....
Asparagns,Tongs, Forks, Spoons, &0., 860,
&low Fourth. 'butts Filo
REAL SILfEII WARE,
4 ,
A lIANDOOME ASSORTMENT OF IMPORTED
PLATED GERMAN SILVER FAMILY TEA SETS,
The next in value and use to real Silver.
FRUIT, ICE CREAM AND FLOWER STANDS,
The most Decorative Ornament tor , Party and Dining( Tab ; also *
RICH CASTORS AND CAKE BASKETS ,
TOGETHER WITH A FULL VAIIIETW OF
Aivirain[C.A.N WAXtm.
112NANOLILlie
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
PENNSYLVANIA.
HARRISBURG, Deo.lB, 1887.
NOTICE.
TO THE HOLDERS OF THE
LOANS.
OF TILE
COMMONWEALTH Or PENNSYL
VANIA; DUE JULY Ist, 1808.
`v: De :11, r) .11'i%1101
LOANS,
Due Julir 1808"
WILL BE REDEEMED WITH INTEREST TO
DATE OF FAYIUMOHPREBENI'ATION
AT THE
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS'
NATIONAL BANE
PHILADELPHIA,
Lotani ofMarCla 'l.t*; due July
1,1868:
_
Loin of July 19, "1839, due JulY
1,1868.
INTER BT 1 "
THE "OVE LoPia
;CEASE' ON THE IS? OE JELY, 1868
•S i e6'l/-V;•SY64te. ,
JON F. H&RTRANE'T,Iuce. Gen.
i• • \
W. IL KEDEI3I;E, StateilrectB.
viiisoloiters ot siinfclug Fund*
f°.. .~ ~ i .. „ ~,
Considered the best Imestment—irailable at Any time,
ZINANCIALip
525 MILES
OF THE
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
Running West from Omaha
ACROSS THE CONTINENT,
ABE NOW COMPLETED.
, This Wimp' the line to the eastern boa of the Rock/
mountains. and ft is expected that the track will be told
thirty miles further, to Evans rase. the highest point on
the road. b 7 January. The maximum grade from rho
fool of the modistairo to the orunmitts but eighty feet to
the yill% while that of many eastern roads is over one
hundred. Work in the trociteuttings on the western
elope Ufa continue through
u the winter. and there is now
no laort to doubt that the entire grind line to the Lae
tine will be open for busboy la IBM -
The MUM provided for the construction of this Great
fiational Work are ample. Mu' United BMW trnulte wi t
M=
Six Per Cent. Bomb at the rate of from Ato
per mile. for which it takes a araond lien as security. end
receives payment to a large if not the full extent of its
claim in parolees. These Sonde e tamed cs each
tsroubrallile section' b thAshici.'ina altar it bee been ex
*mined by United States Cmnadadotters and proinumeed
t 9 be J 5 iii rF/Oefbinlllnl•linnitondt tholnuilK7 eutontiell
With , de pots. , 14 0 =4 and all the. MOW , '
rolling 'deck end Other equipments.
Th 4 united states also Ithaera danation of liege Urea
of land tithe Yilleostdah wfll be source of large l i e-
VenSW to that COXCPSEIY , 14001/ of this hind la thli Platte
VsAey is among the most fertile io,the world. and, other
large Portions are covered with heavy pine forests and
abound in cold of the best dainty., • •
• ThaVonipany Is a4o' authorized to intuits own rind
Idorigageßoadito an amount equafto the istroopt the
gooey:meld and no Mont tion.T., D. linrgansAdillea.
Oakes Amu prelrudees for the Bondtuadets.enddetturr
the fitonds to the Company only as the work pro
gresses, so that they alwayerepruent an actual and Pro.
ductive value.
The authorized capital of the Company le One Hundred
Minion Dolls" of Which offer Ave millions have been
Paid in upon the work already done.
EARNINGS OF THE COMPANY.
At present, the profits of the Company, are derived ,
only irons *local tragic, but thla Ls already inueh mere
than onfoogent to pay the Interest on all the Gonda the
company' can Lyme. if not another' mile were built. is •
not doubted that when the road hi completed the ttuduith '
.ti n igoni this only thus connecting the Jitiantie and Pad ,
fie States will Po large beyond preoedent.and as them will
b e n o nompotitlon. it can alwayr be sione at, prOfttable
rates.
itiviute'noticed that the Union 'Patine taireia Li, tot
feet, d GovernMent Work. btdlt under 3 the am:width* 'Or •
Government atom, and to a :Liege extent Go.
~`•
vemment motley.; and that Its bonds are limed under
Government dLreetlon. It. Ls believed Abet no similar ,
security ls ' eo Carefully griarded. and certainly no other is
based upon a Larger or more valuable proven/. As tie
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
ire offered for the preeeat at 90 CENTS 6N. THE DOT,
Lilt, they are the cheapest secuitt9 in the market, , belng
toore than 16 per teat. lower than Vatted States. PO*.
They pay . ,
SIX , PER CENT* IN GOLD,
oil over fiI2IDfEIt•DENT, tiPou De invistniimt. Bub
urb:4soli TO bo roti#Y o l l 4 l , , .m ,; .1 ;
' ),i , • lIIILADELPOLfoiIIY ~ A if , 'I , '
wi4 reivnia.o.l93., tio,lllll4slkini en" _ -
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: rill ._ y: ~ • .., c, *it/mom gem
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kai4ifigikiiipataideitised kiinitellsikiiiCliii -'
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other tantkPar in fietrXerititvandthabcault *VI gement
ACV' igresialtriftfolo ti ",.t, !, 1.: - 1
, # P 4,414 wDe ,I‘ll. .
of 40 'Work," and two f or ,l - -toriatraetio ail
you o f yoid s , rimy' : be' , alstalsittd at the Comp ntri , '
Office Or of its adyettileil SUienta: 4 lV will be wit 'tree' ilk '
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